Pam Conrad
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Pam Conrad (June 18, 1947 – January 22, 1996) was an American children's writer.[1] Her book Our House: Stories of Levittown was a Newbery Medal finalist.[1] Her book Stonewords won an Edgar Award.
Conrad was born in New York City and graduated from the New School for Social Research.[1] She died of breast cancer on January 22, 1996, at the age of 48.[1] She lived in Rockville Centre, New York, where she raised two daughters.[1]
Books
[edit]Stonewords (series)
- Stonewords: A Ghost Story (1990)
- Zoe Rising (1996)
Novels
- I Don't Live Here! (1983 or 1984)
- Prairie Songs (1985)
- Holding Me Here (1986)
- What I Did For Roman (1987)
- A Seal Upon My Heart (1988)
- Taking the Ferry Home (1988)
- My Daniel (1989)
- The Lost Sailor (1992)
- Our House: Stories of Levittown (1995)
- Pumpkin Moon (novel for adults) (1994)
Collections
- Bathtub Voyages (1993)
Picture Books
- Seven Silly Circles (1987)
- The Tub People (1989)
- The Tub Grandfather (1993)
- Molly and the Strawberry Day (1994)
- Doll Face Has a Party! (1994)
- Animal Lingo (1995)
- Call Me Ahnighito (1995)
- The Rooster's Gift (1996)
- Animal Lullabies (1997)
- Old Man Hoover's Dead Rabbit (1997)
- This Mess (originally published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books in 1980; published again in 1998, re-illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles)
- Don't Go Near That Rabbit, Frank! (1998)
- Blue Willow (1999)
- The Tub People's Christmas (1999)
- Is Anyone Here My Age? (2005)
Chapter Books
- Staying Nine (1988)
Non fiction
- Prairie Visions: The Life and Times of Solomon Butcher (1991)
- Pedro's Journal (1991)
- Book Guides (2003)
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Pam Conrad at Library of Congress, with 26 library catalog records
- Reviews of Conrad's work at Publishers Weekly
- Reviews of Conrad's work at Kirkus Reviews
- Biography at Exodus Books
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